Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments ...

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Every year, thousands of discarded artificial satellites are orbiting the planet, with an increasing number falling back into ...

On Saturday afternoon, a minor earthquake rattled a remote area southeast of Nabesna, Alaska, as reported by seismic monitoring officials. This seismic event serves as a reminder of the geological ...

Megathrust earthquakes are large earthquakes that occur on faults found along the boundaries between tectonic plates. The Nankai Trough is a megathrust earthquake zone lying off the southwestern coast ...

SEATTLE — Cuts at the federal level could impact how effective earthquakes are monitored in the Pacific Northwest, a Washington state seismologist warned Friday. This week, hundreds of workers within ...

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 miles and had an estimated intensity of VI on the modified Mercalli intensity scale ...

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the early hours, sending tremors across ...

SEATTLE — Six seismic sensors will monitor activity throughout Lumen Field when the Seattle Seahawks take on the San ...